Costume designers head to Comic Con

Cae and Aziza have been friends since high school and in recent years, have also been avid cosplay, or costume play, participants. Together, they create elaborate costumes under the name Peabody Tailoring. Cae is responsible for most of the sewing, while Aziza has become skilled at creating life-like armor and weapons.

For the first day of New York Comic Con, they have decided to dress as characters from the video game "Skyrim."

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Cae McDonald, 25, works on a weapon for her Comic Con costume. McDonald used a Camel's bone purchased online to create a "dragon" bone club, Sept. 28, 2013.

Cosplay is strictly a hobby for McDonald, who works full time as a junior literary agent in New York.

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Cae McDonald works on a chain mail detail for her New York Comic Con costume, Sept. 28, 2013.

Aziza Mansuri applies makeup as she prepares for New York Comic Con, Oct. 11, 2013.

Aziza regularly attends cosplay events in Seattle, where she works as an administrative assistant, prop designer and illustrator. She flew in to New York just to attend Comic Con with Cae McDonald and other friends in the cosplay community.

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Aziza Mansuri puts in novelty contact lenses, which will help her transform into Serana, a vampire character from the video game "Skyrim," Oct. 11, 2013.

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Aziza Mansuri's fangs sit with a wallet and contact case as the group prepares for Comic Con, Oct. 11, 2013.